Historical Marker
As Good as Gold
Historical marker location:
Dade City, Florida
( Marker is at the intersection of Bougainvillea Avenue and 7th Street (U.S. 98), on the left when traveling west on Bougainvillea Avenue.)
Florida De Soto Trail. July 19, 1539.
The first European to explore Florida was actually a Spanish sailor named Juan Ponce de León in 1513, not the more well-known Christopher Columbus.